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Fuss Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Fuss? [n] a rapid bustling commotion [n] petty quarrel [n] an angry disturbance; "he didn't want to make a fuss"; "they had labor trouble"; "a spot of bother" [n] an excited state of agitation; "he was in a dither"; "there was a terrible flap about the theft" [v] worry unnecessarily of excessively [v] care for like a mother; "She fusses over her husband" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Fuss: ado \| bicker \| bickering \| bother \| bustle \| dither \| flap \| flurry \| fret \| hassle \| hustle \| mother \| niggle \| overprotect \| pother \| spat \| squabble \| stir \| tiff \| tizzy \| trouble Related Terms \| Find terms related to Fuss: addle \| addle the wits \| ado \| agitate \| agitation \| air a grievance \| altercation \| argument \| ball up \| becloud \| bedazzle \| beef \| befuddle \| bellyache \| bewilder \| bicker \| bickering \| bitch \| bleat \| blood feud \| blow off \| bluff \| bluster \| bluster and bluff \| blustering \| boastfulness \| bobbery \| boil \| boiling \| bother \| botheration \| bravado \| bravery \| brawl \| broil \| brouhaha \| bug \| bullying \| burn to \| burst \| bustle \| buzz about \| cacophony \| carp at \| chafe \| chaos \| chiffon \| churn \| clamor \| clinquant \| cloud \| coil \| commotion \| complain \| confuse \| contention \| controversy \| conturbation \| crab \| croak \| daze \| dazzle \| discombobulate \| discomfit \| discompose \| discomposure \| disconcert \| disdain \| disorder \| disorganize \| disorient \| dispute \| disquiet \| disquietude \| disturb \| disturbance \| dither \| donnybrook \| donnybrook fair \| dustup \| ebullition \| electrify \| embarrass \| embroilment \| entangle \| excitement \| falling-out \| fanaticism \| fanfaronade \| feery-fary \| ferment \| fermentation \| festoons \| feud \| fever \| feverishness \| fidgetiness \| fidgets \| fight \| finery \| fit \| flap \| fliting \| flummox \| flurry \| fluster \| flusteration \| flustration \| flutter \| flutteration \| flutteriness \| fog \| folderol \| foment \| fomentation \| foofaraw \| fracas \| free-for-all \| frenzy \| fret \| fret and fume \| fret at \| frilliness \| frilling \| frills \| frills and furbelows \| frippery \| froufrou \| fuddle \| fuddy-duddy \| fume \| furor \| furore \| fury \| fuss at \| fuss-budget \| fusser \| fussiness \| fusspot \| gaiety \| gaudery \| get excited \| gilding \| gilt \| gingerbread \| granny \| gripe \| groan \| grouch \| grouse \| growl \| grumble \| grunt \| hardly wait \| hassle \| haste \| hasten \| hectoring \| helter-skelter \| henpeck \| holler \| howl \| hubbub \| hullabaloo \| hurly-burly \| hurrah \| hurry \| hurry about \| imbroglio \| inquietude \| intimidation \| itch to \| jar \| jitters \| jolt \| jump the gun \| jumpiness \| kick \| lather \| lodge a complaint \| logomachy \| maelstrom \| make a fuss \| malaise \| maze \| melee \| miff \| mist \| mix up \| moider \| moil \| muddle \| murmur \| mutter \| nag \| nerviness \| nervosity \| nervousness \| nibble at \| old maid \| old woman \| open quarrel \| pandemonium \| passion \| paste \| peck at \| pell-mell \| perplex \| perturb \| perturbation \| pester \| pick and choose \| pick at \| pick on \| pinchbeck \| polemic \| pother \| pucker \| put out \| quarrel \| racket \| rage \| raise a howl \| raise hell \| rampage \| rant \| rattle \| register a complaint \| repine \| restlessness \| riot \| rock \| rodomontade \| roil \| rough-and-tumble \| roughhouse \| rout \| row \| ruckus \| ruction \| ruffle \| rumpus \| rush about \| rush around \| scorn \| scramble \| seethe \| seething \| shake \| shake up \| sharp words \| shindig \| shindy \| shock \| side \| slanging match \| snarl \| spasm \| spat \| speed \| splutter \| spurn \| spurt \| sputter \| squabble \| squawk \| squirm \| stagger \| stew \| stink \| stir \| storminess \| strife \| superfluity \| swagger \| swashbucklery \| sweat \| sweat and stew \| sweat it out \| swirl \| swivet \| take on \| tear around \| tempestuousness \| throw into confusion \| tiff \| tinsel \| tizzy \| to-do \| trappings \| trepidation \| trepidity \| trickery \| trouble \| trumpery \| tumult \| tumultuation \| tumultuousness \| turbidity \| turbulence \| turmoil \| tussle \| twitter \| twitteration \| unease \| unquiet \| unrest \| unsettle \| uproar \| upset \| vendetta \| vortex \| wail \| wait impatiently \| whine \| whirl \| whirlpool \| whirlwind \| whiz about \| wildness \| words \| worry \| wrangle \| yammer \| yap \| yap at \| yawp \| yelp \| zeal \| zealousness See Also \| agitation \| care \| commotion \| din \| disturbance \| dither \| dustup \| flap \| give care \| perturbation \| pother \| quarrel \| row \| ruckus \| ruction \| rumpus \| run-in \| scruple \| tumult \| words \| worry \| wrangle Fuss In Webster's Dictionary \Fuss\, n. [Cf. {Fusome}.] 1. A tumult; a bustle; unnecessary or annoying ado about trifles. --Byron. Zealously, assiduously, and with a minimum of fuss or noise --Carlyle. 2. One who is unduly anxious about trifles. [R.] I am a fuss and I don't deny it. --W. D. Howell. \Fuss\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fussed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fussing}.] To be overbusy or unduly anxious about trifles; to make a bustle or ado. --Sir W. Scott.

Fuss Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Fuss?

[n] a rapid bustling commotion
[n] petty quarrel
[n] an angry disturbance; "he didn't want to make a fuss"; "they had labor trouble"; "a spot of bother"
[n] an excited state of agitation; "he was in a dither"; "there was a terrible flap about the theft"
[v] worry unnecessarily of excessively
[v] care for like a mother; "She fusses over her husband"

Fuss In Webster's Dictionary

\Fuss\, n. [Cf. {Fusome}.]
1. A tumult; a bustle; unnecessary or annoying ado about
   trifles. --Byron.

         Zealously, assiduously, and with a minimum of fuss
         or noise                              --Carlyle.

2. One who is unduly anxious about trifles. [R.]

         I am a fuss and I don't deny it.      --W. D.
                                               Howell.


\Fuss\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fussed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Fussing}.]
To be overbusy or unduly anxious about trifles; to make a
bustle or ado. --Sir W. Scott.

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